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yndoendo 20 hours ago

I am hesitant to post this because of JFK JR and ignoring with the politicians in power against ASD.

Gait is not constant in the stride. It all depends on the footwear. The constant for me is being silent while walking. Be the ball of your feet or the heels. Having auditory issues / sensitive to sound, I walk to be silent and unheard.

Walking and scaring wildlife and other humans was a personally taught process. I cannot stand clothing that makes noise while moving nor the sound of my own footsteps. It is also a means to allow for listening of my environment so I am not shocked or surprised.

This also why it is extremely hard to spoke me.

Silence is gold because it allows me filter in the environment. I want to hear the person walking behind me or were I cannot see. I want to walk up to a person and they don't know. This also reduces engagements.

Walking on the ball of your feet is silent up to the point of stretching and cracking your bones. Walking on the heels is also silent when reducing push down with long heel to toe arch. All of course it is defined by the footage and how they squeeze during application to the to the ground dependent on the gait.

The gait and noise it makes also highlights if an aspie has a grander stimulus to sound or not. Those that do not have auditory issues will easily pound their heels into their ground and make the floor shake.

rootsudo 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have the same thoughts and reasons why and to see someone else write this is just spooky.

chneu 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Lol same. I was reading that thinking, "Is this me?"

I take the stairs at work and the stomping people do is so loud, lol.

andsoitis 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I want to walk up to a person and they don't know.

That’s usually not cool.

nancyminusone 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I never do this on purpose but it happens. People are usually baffled at how a 6'4 person can "appear" out of nowhere, and I'm always wondering how I could have possibly be hidden.

cainxinth 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I had an old bike that was fairly noisy. I got a new bike that is remarkably silent. I try to use my bell or my voice but I still end up sneaking up on people all the time and, as you said, they don’t enjoy it.

AaronAPU 3 hours ago | parent [-]

From my experience even if you have a loud bike and yell “on your left” 3 times many on a shared use trail will be surprised as you pass them.

Then there are the people who for whatever reason need giant over the ear headphones and also need to walk right in the middle of a bidirectional trail.

plaguuuuuu 2 hours ago | parent [-]

water pistol

wccrawford 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As someone who constantly does this to people, I can confirm that it is both amusing and, as you say, "not cool".

To that point, I used to wear my keys on a chain, and let the chain dangle to make noise as I walked.

It still didn't work very well, though, so I eventually gave up on that. Now I have no solution for it except that I'm more careful to try to approach people from the side or scuff my feet or something as I approach.

Also...

I was recently diagnosed as having Autism, and I distinctly remember just after high school someone approaching me and tell me that I still "walk funny". They didn't mean anything cruel by it, it was just a fact.

And I realized that I do walk funny, and I can even correct at least some of it if I think about it, but generally, I like how I walk for the advantages it brings, like balance and agility. Which is probably why I taught my self to walk like that in the first place.

novaleaf 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

lots of households don't wear shoes indoors. heel stomping around is much, much louder than ball-walking.

burnt-resistor 16 hours ago | parent [-]

I forget to wear shoes outdoors unless I'm getting in a car, and I invariably step on sharp things. The bottoms of my feet are literally like leather though.

yapyap 13 hours ago | parent [-]

You must live in a great green region I imagine

fsckboy 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yours is a fascinating take on the topic, I learned a lot, thank you. I'm left thinking that signs of autism could very well be encoded in the way you walk.

I'm asd myself, but i think i show it in speech patterns, not walking.

OfficeChad 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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